SIMPAR 2018- IEEE International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots

The 2018 IEEE International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots (SIMPAR 2018) will be held in Brisbane, Australia, 16-19 May 2018. IEEE SIMPAR is the world’s leading conference for simulation in robotics and automation. For its sixth edition, SIMPAR will come for the first time to the Southern hemisphere.

This year’s theme is Leveraging Simulation in the Hardware and Software Design of Autonomous Robots.

Topics of Interest

Applications of simulation in hardware design

3D robot simulation and mathematical modeling of robots

Learning from simulation

Reliability, scalability and validation of robot simulation

Simulated sensors and actuators

Machine learning for robotics applications

Offline simulation of robot design

Online simulation with real-time constraints

Simulation with software/hardware in the loop

Middleware for robotics

Modeling framework for robots and environments

Testing and validation of robot software

Standardization for robotic services

Communication infrastructures in distributed robotics

Interaction between sensor networks and robots

Human robot interaction and collaboration

Simulation of multi-robot systems

Model-based optimization and optimal control

Model predictive control

Important Dates

29 January 2018: Deadline for workshop proposal29 January 2018: Deadline for paper submission25 March 2018: Early registration deadline25 March 2018: Deadline for camera-ready paper16 March 2018: Notification of acceptance16-19 May 2018: SIMPAR 2018 in Brisbane, Australia